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1.
A child is born in Boston, MA to parents who were both born
in Boston, MA. This child is not an American citizen. How could
this be possible? |
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2.
How long will it take to cut a wooden log into ten equal pieces
if it takes one minute to make each cut? |
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3.
President Will Linton loved the sight of women so much he decided
to pass a law that would ensure the birth of even more females.
The law he decreed stated that every couple was to have children
until they had a boy and then they were to stop procreating.
What effect would this have on the proportion of males and females
to the population? |
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4.
Dandy was asked how many ducks he had. "Well, " he said, "they
just walked down that path and I didn't actually count them,
but I remember one duck in front of two ducks, another duck
behind two ducks and another duck between two ducks." How many
ducks does Dandy have? |
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5.
When Mama Black boils pasta she adds three drops of oil and
two drops of vinegar to the water. While at the market Mama
accidently dropped and broke the vinegar bottle. Undaunted she
instructed the shopkeeper to put both the oil and the vinegar
in the same jar. How could Mama pour exactly three drops of
oil and two drops of vinegar into the water using just the one
bottle? |
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